Hey everyone, my Mark V head arrived on Thursday night. I didn't wan to post anything until I was able to spend some time playing it. Just some initial impressions:
The clean channel is awesome! This was by far the easiest to dial in. Right now I'm running it in Fat mode with Gain at 12:00, master at 11:00, presence 11:00, treble 12:00, mid 9:00, bass 12:00, eq preset engaged, 10:30. It moves some air, has a gret top end detail, and sounds very three dimensional. TONS of headroom here, it willl not break up unless you want it to, which is more than do-able in tweed mode. I haven't spent a lot of time on tweed or clean, but I can say that tweed sounds awesome in 10-watt mode, great bluesy roots rock breakup. I'm really happy with the reverb as well, very deep and lush, almost Fender-ish.
As for channel 2 and 3, these are very much a work in progress. Mark 1 mode in channel 2 is really ballsy and crunchy, i think it would make a great heavy rhythm sound if I could brighten it up some more, which I'm still trying to find a way to do. In channel 3 I'm really liking Mark II c+ run in Triode. I'm still trying to learn how the controls interact and how to dial these channels in. This is my first experience with a Mark series amp, so I need to take the time to learn how to get the sounds I want. I know they're in there because I can get close, but theres still some tweaking to do.
If anyone is interested, the serial number is MK5-030. I'll post more about the amp as I learn more. Anyone still waiting impatiently for their head: hang in there, it will be worth the wait!
The clean channel is awesome! This was by far the easiest to dial in. Right now I'm running it in Fat mode with Gain at 12:00, master at 11:00, presence 11:00, treble 12:00, mid 9:00, bass 12:00, eq preset engaged, 10:30. It moves some air, has a gret top end detail, and sounds very three dimensional. TONS of headroom here, it willl not break up unless you want it to, which is more than do-able in tweed mode. I haven't spent a lot of time on tweed or clean, but I can say that tweed sounds awesome in 10-watt mode, great bluesy roots rock breakup. I'm really happy with the reverb as well, very deep and lush, almost Fender-ish.
As for channel 2 and 3, these are very much a work in progress. Mark 1 mode in channel 2 is really ballsy and crunchy, i think it would make a great heavy rhythm sound if I could brighten it up some more, which I'm still trying to find a way to do. In channel 3 I'm really liking Mark II c+ run in Triode. I'm still trying to learn how the controls interact and how to dial these channels in. This is my first experience with a Mark series amp, so I need to take the time to learn how to get the sounds I want. I know they're in there because I can get close, but theres still some tweaking to do.
If anyone is interested, the serial number is MK5-030. I'll post more about the amp as I learn more. Anyone still waiting impatiently for their head: hang in there, it will be worth the wait!
